A dispute over the taxability of $300 million in funds from Hyatt Hotels' loyalty rewards program will head back to the U.S. Tax Court, with the Seventh Circuit rejecting the Internal Revenue Service's request to rethink its decision remanding the case.
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7th Circ. Nixes IRS Bid For Rehearing Of Hyatt Perks Tax Fight

By Asha Glover

A dispute over the taxability of $300 million in funds from Hyatt Hotels' loyalty rewards program will head back to the U.S. Tax Court, with the Seventh Circuit rejecting the Internal Revenue Service's request to rethink its decision remanding the case.

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High Court Lifts Block On Mail-In Ballot Changes

By Katie Buehler

The Trump administration can proceed with plans to implement some new nationwide mail-in voting regulations ahead of this year's midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, but questions remain about the enforceability of proposed U.S. Postal Service restrictions.

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Taylor Farms Sued Over Tainted Lettuce At Chicago Taco Bell

By Celeste Bott

Taylor Farms failed to adequately test, inspect and safeguard iceberg lettuce later linked to a multistate Cyclospora outbreak, alleges a Chicago man who says he became seriously ill after eating the company's lettuce at Taco Bell.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Ill. Won't Hold Religious Docs To 'Aid-In-Dying' Law, For Now

By Gianna Ferrarin

Illinois agreed not to force a group of religious healthcare providers to refer patients to "medical aid in dying" services, a form of care recently legalized by the state allowing certain terminally ill individuals to seek prescriptions for lethal medication to bring about their death.

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ENFORCEMENT

Feds Charge 2 In $11M Pandemic Loan Fraud Scheme

By Lauraann Wood

Two alleged fraudsters in Illinois and Texas have been charged with fraud for purportedly running an $11 million pandemic relief fraud scheme during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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LITIGATION

Building Products Co. Narrows Suit Over 401(k) Options, Fees

By Kellie Mejdrich

An Illinois federal judge trimmed a proposed class action against a building products company and its investment manager alleging that workers lost millions on underperforming 401(k) funds and excessive fees in their retirement plan, while leaving the door open for the ex-workers who sued to revise their claims.

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Brief

Fed. Circ. Agrees To Speed Up Args In COVID Vax Patent Case

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Monday agreed to accelerate the schedule in a COVID-19 vaccine patent dispute between Moderna and Arbutus Biopharma Corp. by holding arguments in November.

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PEOPLE

Milbank To Open In Chicago With White & Case Energy Pro

By Tracey Read

Milbank LLP announced Monday that it plans to launch a Chicago office and has hired the former co-head of White & Case LLP's global project development and finance practice to lead it.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

NC Dental Review Change Counters Tougher National Trend

North Carolina’s elimination of its prior review requirement for dental management agreements departs sharply from the national trend toward expanded corporate practice of medicine oversight, but stakeholders should not view this regulatory shift as a relaxation of compliance expectations, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

AGs Want Meta's Privilege Claims Reviewed In Bellwether Trial

By Dorothy Atkins

During a break in a jury trial Monday over states' claims Meta hid social media's harm, states' counsel urged a California federal judge to require Meta to re-review all of its attorney-client privilege designations, arguing that "it seems actually logically impossible" that Meta described the wrong standard in only a single document.  

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Legal Center Says DOJ Is Stonewalling Fund Records Request

By Jared Foretek

A voting rights nonprofit is accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of stonewalling a request for records on the Trump administration's attempted "anti-weaponization fund," claiming that the agency has spent the summer unlawfully ducking a Freedom of Information Act submission.

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Galindo Law Files For Ch. 11 After Camp Lejeune Fee Fight

By Ben Zigterman

A Houston-based personal injury law firm sought bankruptcy relief on Monday with more than $50 million in liabilities after a mass tort litigation marketing company sued for over $9 million in fees related to finding potential victims of water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

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Attys Ask Court To Toss Suit Alleging They Stole 1,000 Cases

By Spencer Brewer

Multiple attorneys asked a Texas federal court to toss claims that they conspired to hijack 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, claiming the firm that brought the suit failed to plead a viable RICO claim.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week saw a wave of lawsuits involving corporate oversight, take-private deals, financing transactions, bankruptcy fallout, stockholder voting rights and disputes over control.

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Enviva LP

Fort Point Capital

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Hyatt Hotels Corp.

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Meta Platforms Inc.

Moderna Inc.

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RWE AG

Taylor Fresh Foods Inc.

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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Internal Revenue Service

North Carolina General Assembly

Small Business Administration

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U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

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